All Risk Management articles – Page 2
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WebcastCPE Webcast: The State of Third-Party Risk Assessments 2026
In this Compliance Week webinar, we’ll explore the most compelling findings from the report, based on independent global research conducted in collaboration with the Ponemon Institute and informed by responses from more than 1,400 third-party risk leaders and practitioners.
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OpinionStart considering contracts as part of your compliance infrastructure
For many compliance teams, 2025 marked an inflection point: A familiar problem in an unfamiliar form, significant regulatory exposure without settled rules, benchmarks, or enforcement patterns.
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ArticleQ&A with Norm Ashkenas, CCO at Robinhood, on compliance challenges, opportunities and being a strategic adviser
Chief among Norm Ashkenas’ priorities is positioning compliance as a strategic adviser, supporting those leading this global expansion in a complex financial services world. He stresses that compliance puts a huge effort into ensuring that it is not seen as a back-office function.
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ArticlePrada cleans up supply chain with zero tolerance for compliance failings
Luxury fashion brand Prada has terminated contracts with over 200 suppliers in the past five years after a focused “zero tolerance” supply chain audit aimed at identifying compliance failings.
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OpinionFive questions business leaders should be asking in 2026 to manage transformation risk
Working with clients in various sectors over the past year, one thing is clear: Transformation is bigger, faster, and more interconnected. Tech, talent, regulation, and operations—it’s hitting at once.
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ArticleExperts warn of increased global AML risks as criminals seek to launder Venezuelan money
The U.S. action to remove President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and reopen access to the country’s oil reserves will have a significant impact on geopolitics and organized crime activities – creating new challenges for global compliance teams.
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OpinionThe illusion of control: How shrinking teams and AI are redefining cyber risk
Over recent years, cybersecurity executives have been tasked with an almost impossible Challenge: reduce headcount, accelerate transformation, integrate artificial intelligence, meet regulatory obligations, and still maintain resilience.
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OpinionNational Fraud Enforcement Division: A dangerous escalation of compliance risk
Chief compliance officers and general counsel, beware: The Trump administration’s merging of its whole-of-government enforcement approach with its political agenda forewarns of escalating compliance risk on a national scale.
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PremiumOil and gas executives mull the real costs of Venezuelan oil
U.S. oil and gas companies strong-armed into participating in the nationalization of Venezuela’s oil industry decades ago now face government pressure of the opposite kind: Invest billions into rebuilding a dilapidated oil and gas infrastructure for a high-risk country that still owes billions in unsettled debts.
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OpinionTeaching the business to speak risk
Compliance professionals understand the value of risk assessments. We conduct them annually, map risks to controls, and present heat maps to the board. But there is a strategic opportunity that many compliance programs overlook: Teaching the business itself to think in the language of risk.
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ArticleSix AI questions compliance officers must answer in 2026
As artificial intelligence reshapes business, compliance teams face new questions about risk and oversight. These are the key issues compliance professionals should be asking as they evaluate their programs heading into 2026.
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PremiumNominations closed for Compliance Week’s 2026 “Excellence in Compliance Awards”
Nominations for the 2026 Excellence in Compliance Awards are no longer being accepted. Look for finalists to be announced later in March!
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OpinionHow banks are responsibly embedding machine learning and GenAI into AML surveillance
As financial crime grows in scale, speed, and sophistication, banks are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI to strengthen anti-money laundering and surveillance programs.
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OpinionExperts outline core skills compliance teams need to develop in 2026
Compliance teams will face a range of ongoing challenges in the coming year, as well as greater demands from boards and management for better, wider, and more real-time assurance on an increasing range of risk topics.
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OpinionHow to identify and mitigate risks posed by Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Since Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has made it a priority to expand the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Hot Topics in Risk and Compliance: AI, Analytics, and Emerging Audit Technologies
Join experts from KPMG, Cisco, and Workiva as they explore how audit, accounting, and finance professionals can leverage a technology mix of data analytics, gen AI, and other tools to ramp up efficiency and strengthen control effectiveness.
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ArticleFormer Credit Suisse compliance officer charged with money laundering
A compliance officer is facing charges for laundering $7 million in a complex legal case in Switzerland. Swiss prosecutors have charged Credit Suisse, and one of its former employees, with failing to maintain adequate controls.
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OpinionWrite supply chain resilience into the contract
The only thing constant is change. Shouldn’t we be ready for that in our contracts?
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OpinionThe AI audit burden: Why ‘Explainable AI’ is the key
AI decisions are only defensible when the reasoning behind them is visible, traceable, and auditable. Explainable AI delivers that visibility, turning black-box outputs into documented logic that compliance officers can stand behind when regulators, auditors, or stakeholders demand answers.
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ArticleFrench court calls out alleged deceptive net zero claims by TotalEnergies
Regulators in Europe are focused on punishing energy firms that make deceptive claims on net zero targets, as TotalEnergies recently discovered.